Fire Lou

[Runnys]

I am going to assume it is because they didn't want to face the NL's homerun leader in Hart who had already hit a HR in the game. That is the reasoning I think they used...whether it is wrong or right could be argued.

[BT]

<!--quoteo(post=100568:date=Jun 9 2010, 09:38 AM:name=The Dude)-->QUOTE (The Dude @ Jun 9 2010, 09:38 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Why didn't he walk McGahee to load the bases with 2 outs last night? Seems like quite a nobrainer with the winning run on second. I didn't watch the game, so I really have no idea.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

I'd agree with most closers but I was praying they wouldn't walk McGee. Check the count on McGahee when he hit the game winner. 3-2. Marmol had already hit a guy, and walked Fielder on 4 pitches (the 4th was intentional). Marmol is simply too wild to load the bases and hope he doesn't walk the next guy. He is almost unhittable, so I agree with Lou deciding to see if he could strike out Mcgahee, rather than risk a walk off walk.

[Coach]

No one in their right mind would walk McGehee there.

[Lance]

<!--quoteo(post=100567:date=Jun 9 2010, 10:33 AM:name=BT)-->QUOTE (BT @ Jun 9 2010, 10:33 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Look, I'm done arguing that firing Lou would solve nothing, because with most people on this board, it's pointless. And, frankly, I'm ambivalent about it anyway. But if you guys are going to argue that Lou is sitting around doing nothing while Rome burns, I will argue, because it's a provably false assertion.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->


I feel your pain, BT. Kind of like me getting into any kind of political discussion on this board. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif[/img]

[The Dude]

<!--quoteo(post=100569:date=Jun 9 2010, 09:44 AM:name=Runnys)-->QUOTE (Runnys @ Jun 9 2010, 09:44 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I am going to assume it is because they didn't want to face the NL's homerun leader in Hart who had already hit a HR in the game. That is the reasoning I think they used...whether it is wrong or right could be argued.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Corey Hart is leading the NL in HRs? I had no idea. Isn't he platooning with Edmonds?

Even more impressive that he can do it while wearing sunglasses at night.

[jstraw]

<!--quoteo(post=100568:date=Jun 9 2010, 09:38 AM:name=The Dude)-->QUOTE (The Dude @ Jun 9 2010, 09:38 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I didn't watch the game, so I really have no idea.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->


You and Piniella have much in common.

[Dirk]

<!--quoteo(post=100569:date=Jun 9 2010, 10:44 AM:name=Runnys)-->QUOTE (Runnys @ Jun 9 2010, 10:44 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I am going to assume it is because they didn't want to face the NL's homerun leader in Hart who had already hit a HR in the game. That is the reasoning I think they used...whether it is wrong or right could be argued.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Hart is leading the NL in homeruns??? Fuck me...

[ColoradoCub]

Hart has 12 HR's in the last month

[MrSheps]

I wouldn't have wanted to see Marmol pitch with the bases loaded, Lou was damned either way. But I would think he'd probably have a better chance of striking our Hart than McGehee. Hart strikes out more. I don't know that Byrd should have been so far back either, it took him awhile to get to the ball. Again though, I think logic dictates you play no doubles, you respect McGehee's power. Just a shitty situation all around.

[BT]

<!--quoteo(post=100593:date=Jun 9 2010, 12:25 PM:name=MrSheps)-->QUOTE (MrSheps @ Jun 9 2010, 12:25 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I wouldn't have wanted to see Marmol pitch with the bases loaded, Lou was damned either way. But I would think he'd probably have a better chance of striking our Hart than McGehee. Hart strikes out more. I don't know that Byrd should have been so far back either, it took him awhile to get to the ball. Again though, I think logic dictates you play no doubles, you respect McGehee's power. Just a shitty situation all around.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

I don't know that this was a case of Byrd being too far back or not. It seemed to me the ball was really slowly hit. It took forever to get out of the infield.

You are probably right about it being easier to strike out McGehee, but there were 2 outs, so any kind of out would work. Walking mcGehee left no margin for error, and Marmol need a big margin.

[rok]

I'm really starting to develop an unhealthy hatred for McGehee, and wouldn't at all be surprised to find out one day that he is juicing.

[The Dude]

<!--quoteo(post=100605:date=Jun 9 2010, 03:01 PM:name=rok)-->QUOTE (rok @ Jun 9 2010, 03:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I'm really starting to develop an unhealthy hatred for McGehee, and wouldn't at all be surprised to find out one day that he is juicing.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

I mostly just hate the way he spells/pronounces his name.

[Jody]

So then you're a grammatical racist?

Agree with Rok, he just kind of came out of nowhere and he looks like he's got a little roid rage in him.

[rok]

Probably too little too late, but at least I can agree with the plan for now.
http://www.suntimes.com/sports/baseball/cu...T-cub10.article
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->It was just the fourth time in 12 games the Cubs scored more than three runs in a game -- having won all four with the bigger totals and lost the eight others, including five when scoring just one run.

It's no wonder Piniella has gone a week without shaving again. And why he didn't rush to the ballpark Wednesday after Tuesday's sleep-depriving walk-off loss to the Brewers.

When he arrived, hours later than usual, he showed up with purpose.

On the day the Cubs placed their biggest trouble spot in the lineup, Aramis Ramirez (.168), on the disabled list, Piniella talked to his third baseman, telling Chad Tracy and Jeff Baker they'll be platooning until Ramirez returns.

He talked to his two second basemen, Ryan Theriot and Mike Fontenot, and apparently gave them a similar message (though Theriot's status as a leadoff man gives him an advantage in playing time).

He talked to both of his catchers. And then he called all five outfielders into his office -- which presumably puts Kosuke Fukudome (in a third straight post-April fade) on notice, if not the bench.

Individual meetings and proclamations of playing the guys who are hitting best are nothing new for Piniella. But the urgency felt new.

As Alfonso Soriano said, "We've played almost 60 games. It's not early in the year anymore.''<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

[jstraw]

<!--quoteo(post=100672:date=Jun 10 2010, 08:41 AM:name=rok)-->QUOTE (rok @ Jun 10 2010, 08:41 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Probably too little too late, but at least I can agree with the plan for now.
http://www.suntimes.com/sports/baseball/cu...T-cub10.article
<!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE <!--quotec-->It was just the fourth time in 12 games the Cubs scored more than three runs in a game -- having won all four with the bigger totals and lost the eight others, including five when scoring just one run.

It's no wonder Piniella has gone a week without shaving again. And why he didn't rush to the ballpark Wednesday after Tuesday's sleep-depriving walk-off loss to the Brewers.

When he arrived, hours later than usual, he showed up with purpose.

On the day the Cubs placed their biggest trouble spot in the lineup, Aramis Ramirez (.168), on the disabled list, Piniella talked to his third baseman, telling Chad Tracy and Jeff Baker they'll be platooning until Ramirez returns.

He talked to his two second basemen, Ryan Theriot and Mike Fontenot, and apparently gave them a similar message (though Theriot's status as a leadoff man gives him an advantage in playing time).

He talked to both of his catchers. And then he called all five outfielders into his office -- which presumably puts Kosuke Fukudome (in a third straight post-April fade) on notice, if not the bench.

Individual meetings and proclamations of playing the guys who are hitting best are nothing new for Piniella. But the urgency felt new.

As Alfonso Soriano said, "We've played almost 60 games. It's not early in the year anymore.''<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Piniella remains dead to me for as long as Theriot leads off.